I wish our children could enjoy such a bicycle ride and see the rural landscapes that once covered much of Singapore. Today, my friend has emigrated to Scotland but we still remember fondly that arduous bicycle trip that we took more than four decades ago. We took a day to complete, starting at 8.30am and reaching back in the evening. In, “ Discovering Singapore on Wheels”, I recounted how we cycled from my house in Lorong Kinchir, off Lorong Chuan, all the way to Lim Chu Kang jetty and then to Nanyang University (this was a university in Singapore from 1956 to 1980, and was Singapore’s only Chinese language post-secondary institution) and back. The most memorable story is about a cycling trip that I made with an old friend in 1969. What is the most memorable story on your blog?Ĭhun See with his dog Nappie from his kampung days. It was a reflection of how much life has improved in Singapore in just one generation. Basically this article was to educate younger Singaporeans about the kind of toilets and sewerage system that we had during the kampung days. The third is “ Tribute to a Humble Profession”. I wanted young people to see how different life was in those days when families were big, life was tough, and children engaged, unsupervised, in a lot of comparatively dangerous activities parents today would never dream of allowing their kids to do. It was about the various accidents that my siblings and I met with during our childhood days. This was a recollection of one of my favourite childhood activities – namely catching fighting fish from the ponds in my kampung. The first is titled, “ The Humble ‘Punki’ – A Symbol of Toil and Fun”. Share three interesting stories of back in the kampung days. Pass down the stories, emotions and values to your children and grandchildren.” “Our young generation need to know the heart of the Singapore story and understand how we got here … Parents and grandparents play an important role. “Keep alive the Singapore story,” he said. I hoped to use my blog to interest them to learn more about our past.Įven our Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has highlighted this need in his 2006 National Rally Speech, where he exhorted senior members of our society to share their stories with the young. Consequently, they miss out on many of the simple pleasures of life. Maybe life in modern Singapore is too fast-paced, and they have too many material distractions. I find that it is important to educate younger Singaporeans of the past because I noticed that our children are very ignorant about life back in the old days and about things of nature in general. I even won a free trip to Macau last year when I took part in a blogging competition. I have also gained a bit of fame, being featured in newspaper articles and some TV documentaries. I enjoy blogging and I have made many new friends through my blog. It has been immensely satisfying to receive many e-mails from readers expressing their appreciation for what I am doing. I wanted to reminisce about the Singapore of old as well as to educate younger Singaporeans about life in the ‘good old days’. I started the blog, “Good Morning Yesterday”, in September 2005. When did you start the blog? What is your main motivation for starting the blog and what keeps you going? As a result, he started a nostalgia blog called “Good Morning Yesterday” to reminisce on the past and educate the youths of today about the good old times.Ī freelance management consultant, 61-year-old Chun See shares with Ageless Online on his motivation in starting his blog, as well as maintaining his passion in sharing about the kampung days: Lam Chun See (left) felt a disconnect between the young and the old. Lam Chun See shares memories of what it was like growing up in a kampung in the 1950s and 1960s though his nostalgia blog.
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